IPEC Airfreight AW.650 Argosy 222 – 1/200

SCALE: 1/200
LENGTH: 13.22 CM

WINGSPAN: 17.53 CM
MANUFACTURER: Aviation200
PRODUCT: Diecast
WHEELS: Yes
STAND: No
REGO: VH-IPA

“1970’s” Colours

This aircraft first flew for British European Airways in 1965 and was sold to IPEC Aviation in 1978. The last flight  was from Sydney to Melbourne in 1990 and the plane was scrapped later in that year.

The Armstrong  Whitworth Argosy first flew in 1959 and a total of 74 were built. It was the last aircraft produced by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Co. The RAF replaced their Argosy’s with the Lockheed Hercules in 1975.

 Two aircraft were operated  by SAFE Air in New Zealand as the main link between the Chatham Islands and the mainland and were fitted with a pressurised "passenger capsule". The last flight by a New Zealand Argosy was made by operator SAFE AIR in 1990, that aircraft now being preserved in Blenheim, New Zealand.